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====1979 television films====
====1979 television films====
Reb Brown donned the uniform for two films broadcast by the television network CBS. The first, ''Captain America''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078937/</ref>, was shown on January 19, 1979, and like the serial had substantial changes made to the character. Set in the time period in which it was filmed, this version of Rogers was not frail at all; in fact, he was a former Marine making a living as a minor graphic artist in southern California. Sent to a hospital as a result of a deliberately-set auto accident, he is given a serum called "FLAG" ("Full Latent Ability Gain") by Dr. Simon Mills (Len Birman), a man who had known his father, an intelligence agent who was the original Captain America. A sequel, ''Captain America II: Death Too Soon'' was broadcast the following November, pitting Cap against a South American mercenary.
Reb Brown donned the uniform for two films broadcast by the television network CBS. The first, ''Captain America''<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078937/</ref>, was shown on January 19, 1979, and like the serial had substantial changes made to the character. Set in the time period in which it was filmed, this version of Rogers was not frail at all; in fact, the updated version was a former Marine making a living as a minor graphic artist in southern California. Sent to a hospital as a result of a deliberately-set auto accident, he is given a serum called "FLAG" ("Full Latent Ability Gain") by Dr. Simon Mills (Len Birman), a man who had known his father, an intelligence agent who was the original Captain America. A sequel, ''Captain America II: Death Too Soon'' was broadcast the following November, pitting Cap against a South American mercenary.
====1990 film====
Matt Salinger (son of author J.D. Salinger) put on the uniform for director Albert Pyun in a film which, although somewhat faithful of the character of Captain America, took some liberties with the additional characters and settings. The Nazis have been reduced to minor characters; the chief antagonists in control of the Red Skull are Italian fascists intent on sending a missile to destroy Washington, with much of the film in a contemporary setting, the Red Skull surviving World War II to head an international syndicate involved in political assassinations.
A grandiose intent by producer Menahem Golan to fill 1,500 theaters<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-07-08/features/9202180524_1_captain-america-direct-to-video-matt-salinger</ref> with his version of Captain America instead led it to languish on a closet shelf soon after completion in 1990; viewings with a test audience revealed the flaws, among them a weak central plot and an enemy that shifts from fascism to concern for the environment<ref>http://movies.tvguide.com/captain-america/review/129029</ref>. The film was eventually released to DVD in 1992, but not before receiving an ignominious 11% from Rotten Tomatoes<ref>http://www.webcitation.org/603YilXtp</ref><ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain-america1990/</ref>
====2011 film====
''Captain America: The First Avenger'' was released to theaters in 2011, and starred Chris Evans as Cap, and Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull. More faithful to the original stories than its predecessors, the film was set primarily in World War II and dealt with the selection of Rogers as part of the Super Soldier Program, the creation of Captain America, and his battles with the Nazi deep science unit known as HYDRA, led by the Skull. ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' was the culmination of a five-film project by Marvel Studios beginning with 2008's ''Ironman'', all paving the way for the May 2012 release of ''The Avengers''.<ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain-america/</ref>
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